The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), in orbit high above the Earth, performs great feats of science—and produces great works of art too, as this gallery of images proves
Six Things You Didn’t Know About the Texas Oil Boom
TIME Explains: Solar Energy
The largest solar plant in the world is going online soon in California. Its construction marks the beginning of an explosion of growth in the U.S Solar industry.
From Low Sulfur Diesel, a Mini Revolution
How innovation and regulation sparked America’s diesel export boom
Interactive: See How America’s Energy Appetite Has Changed Over 40 Years
The energy industry has undergone seismic changes in technology and outlook over the past 40 years, but that turmoil is only just beginning to produce an impact on the sources of American energy consumption.
Bye-Bye, Carbon: The U.S. Is (Slowly) Winning the Emissions War
For environmental wonks like me, one of the biggest casualties of the government shutdown was the brief loss of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the invaluable federal agency that crunches detailed statistics on …
U.S. is Rising into the Top Oil Producers
The United States is rising up through the ranks of the top oil producing countries past Russia
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40 Years After the 1973 Oil Embargo: The State of American Energy
The OPEC oil embargo marked the end of American dominance on energy. Four decades later, the shale boom and efficiency has U.S. oil imports down — but the Gulf states are still sitting pretty
TIME Explains: Challenges to America’s Energy Independence
Every president since Richard Nixon has wanted the United States to become energy independent. Technology is helping us get close, but the situation is more complex than it appears.
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The Promise and Peril of the Boom
Fracking means new opportunities and new worries
The Renewable Boom
Solar, wind – and efficiency herald a broad change in US energy consumption
Next-Generation Biofuels Are Inching Towards Reality, Gallon by Gallon
Advanced biofuels have been on the cusp of commercialization for years, but high prices and technological challenges have held them back. Is that starting to change?
The U.S. Is an Energy Superpower
A new item by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) confirms what we’ve been reporting for a while now: the U.S. is an energy superpower. The EIA predicts that in 2013, the U.S. will be the world’s top producer of petroleum …